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in this administration, they detained illegal immigrants. they stopped enforcement of drug laws, i know that because i'm a prosecutor and i saw it. he stopped the enforcement of mandatory sentencing and parts of obamacare. the benghazi issue. the irs issue. how many more things you think have to occur, thinking that a prosecutor, one of those is not enough evidence. two of those, in and of themselves, is not enough evidence. the violations that i see and have just listed, i think, is enough evidence to ask questions . where do you draw the lines and what i have recited as enough evidence to start asking questions about the president >> first ofs power? all, congressman, i cannot address all of the -- all of the -- the things that you have raised. many of those things, let's be honest about it, are honest disagreements about policy or how to interpret the law. but your interpretation of the law is -- you are saying that you do not agree with how i interpret the law and you say i am wrong. sentence,sh my raising the specter of some kind of gro
in this administration, they detained illegal immigrants. they stopped enforcement of drug laws, i know that because i'm a prosecutor and i saw it. he stopped the enforcement of mandatory sentencing and parts of obamacare. the benghazi issue. the irs issue. how many more things you think have to occur, thinking that a prosecutor, one of those is not enough evidence. two of those, in and of themselves, is not enough evidence. the violations that i see and have just listed, i think, is enough...
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unlawful immigrants. get hiscouldn't preferred change to the no child left behind education law, he testing accountability provisions. when he objected to the work waiversent, he granted that are specifically forbidden by the statutory text. instead of working with congress to amend federal drug policy, he has instructed prosecutors to stop enforcing certain drug laws in states and mandatory minimum sentences for certain offenses. has withoutt statutory authorization waived amended several major provisions of his health care law. these unlawful modifications to include delaying for one year obamacare's employer mandate. instructing states that they are free to ignore the law's clear regarding which existing health care plans may be grandfathered. rule thatng an irs ofows for the distribution billions of dollars in subsidies that congress never ups -- authorized. rather than embrace these legislative fixes, the president 's response has been to threaten veto the house-passed measures. the president's far-r
unlawful immigrants. get hiscouldn't preferred change to the no child left behind education law, he testing accountability provisions. when he objected to the work waiversent, he granted that are specifically forbidden by the statutory text. instead of working with congress to amend federal drug policy, he has instructed prosecutors to stop enforcing certain drug laws in states and mandatory minimum sentences for certain offenses. has withoutt statutory authorization waived amended several...
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area by the immigration officials. the initial matter he must decide whether it makes sense to pursue the removal out on the beat cobol and they went on to say that the president of the immigration law that forces the media concern and another as workers try to support their families likely pose busting wir than alien smugglers were aliens who commit a serious crime. and that's very recent decision like the judge kavanaugh blank remarks is completely at odds with the critics interpretation of the president enforcement in the country. >> if mr. rosenkranz agreed with the judge kavanaugh unanimous consent for one additional minute so he can answer that, mr. chairman. >> without objection to the general will have an additional one minute. >> judge kavanaugh said the president may not decline to follow the statutory mandate or prohibition simply because policy objections. the congress appropriates no money for the program the executive officer cannot move forward. but absent the claim of constitutionality that haven't been
area by the immigration officials. the initial matter he must decide whether it makes sense to pursue the removal out on the beat cobol and they went on to say that the president of the immigration law that forces the media concern and another as workers try to support their families likely pose busting wir than alien smugglers were aliens who commit a serious crime. and that's very recent decision like the judge kavanaugh blank remarks is completely at odds with the critics interpretation of...
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officials to stop enforcing immigration laws against certain unlawful immigrants. when he couldn't get his preferred changes to the no child left behind education law, unilaterally waived its testing accountability provisions. when he objected to work requirements for bipartisan welfare reform law come he granted waivers that are specifically forbidden by the statutory text. instead of working with congress to amend federal drug enforcement policy, he's instructed prosecutors to stop enforcing certain drug laws in certain states and mandatory minimum sentences for certain offenses. most notably, the president has said that statutory authorization waived, suspended and amended several major provisions of this help a lot. these unlawful modifications to obama cared include dealing for one-year obama cares employer mandate, instructing states they are free to ignore the clear language regarding which existing health care plans may be grandfathered in promulgating an iris world that allows for distribution of billions of dollars in obamacare subsidies that congress nev
officials to stop enforcing immigration laws against certain unlawful immigrants. when he couldn't get his preferred changes to the no child left behind education law, unilaterally waived its testing accountability provisions. when he objected to work requirements for bipartisan welfare reform law come he granted waivers that are specifically forbidden by the statutory text. instead of working with congress to amend federal drug enforcement policy, he's instructed prosecutors to stop enforcing...
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we have a lot of crimes on our immigration, in our immigration laws i just don't think should be there i think our drug war creates a lot of criminals that, and, there are a lot of crimes on our books as a result of the drug war that should not be there and that is why prosecutors across this country are stretched so thin. why prisons are overcrowded and when you have a situation like that where you've got a surplus of crimes and not enough resources to prosecute all of them, then you get a lot, you put a lot more power in the hand of individual prosecutors as we as executive branch generally to decide how these laws will be enforced or not enforced. i think on a macrolevel that is how you try to attack this problem. >> thank you, i yield back my time. >> the gentleman yields. chair recognizes gentleman from illinois, my friend, mr. gutierrez. >> thank you, very much, mr. chairman. once again we're not legislating in this committee. we could be using this time to find common ground and even have a strenuous and substantive debate on important public policy matters but instead i think w
we have a lot of crimes on our immigration, in our immigration laws i just don't think should be there i think our drug war creates a lot of criminals that, and, there are a lot of crimes on our books as a result of the drug war that should not be there and that is why prosecutors across this country are stretched so thin. why prisons are overcrowded and when you have a situation like that where you've got a surplus of crimes and not enough resources to prosecute all of them, then you get a...
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likewise in the immigration context. case by case prosecutorial discretion is one thing but a blanket policy that the immigration acts will not apply to 1.8 million people is quite something different. this is a scale of decision making that is not in traditional conception of prosecutorial discretion. >> in fact, the president has taken it a step further and given legal documents to people in that circumstance to leave them there and not prosecute them and actually enable their violation of law giving them documents to help them evade the problems ensue from living in a country they are not lawfully present. [inaudible] >> my time has expired. >> thank you. i'm interested in the presentation -- professor lazarus -- differences with the witness to his left and i would like to ask if he could pick up that line of discussion. we're pleased that you're here because there has been so much excitement or excited rhetoric about where the president and his administration are going, i've never heard this level of hypothesizing as
likewise in the immigration context. case by case prosecutorial discretion is one thing but a blanket policy that the immigration acts will not apply to 1.8 million people is quite something different. this is a scale of decision making that is not in traditional conception of prosecutorial discretion. >> in fact, the president has taken it a step further and given legal documents to people in that circumstance to leave them there and not prosecute them and actually enable their violation...
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a blanket policy that the immigration act will not apply to 1.8 million people. that's quite something different. this is a scale of decisionmaking that is not within the traditional conception of prosecutorial discretion." close quote. well, that is certainly true. it just really is. it's hard to believe we're here. i think we're here because in the great law schools of america and the top levels of our academic world, in our news media and so forth, we've moved in sort of a post-modern world in which words don't have meaning. they all -- they're subject to being altered whenever they choose to fit the mood of the moment. the president said, when he nominated people for the supreme court, he wanted nominees who would show empathy. well, what is empathy? it's not law. is it politics? is it bias? is it personal opinion? our system is based on law not empathy, not bias, not politics, not ideology. this is a serious matter. chairman goodlatte then interjected -- quote -- "in fact, the president has taken it a step further. he wrapped up the meeting and has actually
a blanket policy that the immigration act will not apply to 1.8 million people. that's quite something different. this is a scale of decisionmaking that is not within the traditional conception of prosecutorial discretion." close quote. well, that is certainly true. it just really is. it's hard to believe we're here. i think we're here because in the great law schools of america and the top levels of our academic world, in our news media and so forth, we've moved in sort of a post-modern...
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strongly this will be the year congress finally gets common sense immigration reform. across the finish line. >> well, they want to pass the bill, but they are not talking about bill to taxpayers, new report showing that giving illegal adults amnesty would cost $2 .5, yes, there it is, trillion, that is just for the retirement benefits. alexander, and monica and david, are here. david, 2.5 trillion this is a big number. >> yeah, that is a big number. now, the thing is, this will depend on details in the bill, one thing is immigrants are already putting into the sim, you know, before they take out later, but people have not thought perhaps so much about is obamacare because, the immigrants may will be eligible immediately the moment they achieve legal status for obamacare subsidies, so far, it is not clear from the language of obamacare whether they will not be eligible instantly and we could have an additional cost that hits right away. tom: that flies right into obamacare, the rules are still written, but monica, that is you know a lot of people say, they are already
strongly this will be the year congress finally gets common sense immigration reform. across the finish line. >> well, they want to pass the bill, but they are not talking about bill to taxpayers, new report showing that giving illegal adults amnesty would cost $2 .5, yes, there it is, trillion, that is just for the retirement benefits. alexander, and monica and david, are here. david, 2.5 trillion this is a big number. >> yeah, that is a big number. now, the thing is, this will...
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they found 26 illegal immigrants working. it was a completely legitimate and justified law enforcement action but president obama had just taken office and he by -- clearly had promised this kind of thing wouldn't happen. so shortly thereafter, certain pro-amnesty groups criticized him. as a result, secretary that poll tony vowed she was get to the bottom of it. an article in "the washington times" quoted a homeland security commission saying, "the secretary is not happy about it." and instead of enforcing the law, the secretary investigated the law officers for simply doing their duty. apparently in response to some demand or promises made to advocacy groups during the campaign. and so, mr. president, i appreciate the opportunity to share these thoughts. as i said, that was the first event and we've had a series of those since, a long list of them that got us into a point where we, by -- we need to know where the secretary of homeland security stands on these issues and we should not confirm somebody who's not crystal clear
they found 26 illegal immigrants working. it was a completely legitimate and justified law enforcement action but president obama had just taken office and he by -- clearly had promised this kind of thing wouldn't happen. so shortly thereafter, certain pro-amnesty groups criticized him. as a result, secretary that poll tony vowed she was get to the bottom of it. an article in "the washington times" quoted a homeland security commission saying, "the secretary is not happy about...
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i am an immigrant's son. i support immigration. i am fully in favor of immigration. i am here to tell you today even if you legalize across-the-board everone who work, they will be subject to the same standards and everything else. the construction workers who are talking about are still going to exist. we're still going to have a sizable cohort of individuals who will take it -- take advantage of individual people regardless. it harder to take advantage of people if they are legal? >> i do this kind of work. i see it on a regular basis tom and i think we are living a fantasy land if we think by stroke of pen and all of a sudden people will not take advantage. >> people always take advantage, but even you admit it will get better. great question. i think the aspects go to the heart of the program. that is we really are creating almost three brand-new programs. the blue card program and the year around contract and the at the program. we know this will be administratively difficult. we know there will be bumps and bruises along the way on implementation. this ensures
i am an immigrant's son. i support immigration. i am fully in favor of immigration. i am here to tell you today even if you legalize across-the-board everone who work, they will be subject to the same standards and everything else. the construction workers who are talking about are still going to exist. we're still going to have a sizable cohort of individuals who will take it -- take advantage of individual people regardless. it harder to take advantage of people if they are legal? >> i...
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a refusal to offer anything other than a comprehensive immigration reform bill is to kill immigration and we need to understand that if democrats are for use to vote for anything other than immigration reform, it is essential that they step up and support the house process. on the republican side, it is important that the vast majority of republicans who support this recognize that the disgraceful comments of a vociferous minority need to be ignored and that we need to respect the wishes of their constituents. we think that with penalties, we need to have a path to legalization and they support that profoundly. this is not a death knell of republicans who are trying to run for reelection. so i have worked on this issue for a number of years. because i cannot say enough good things about the potential of good immigration on and i cannot say enough about mandating the federal budget outlook. i would say at this moment it is part of the key juncture of getting immigration reform done and i would echo the sentiments to make this difference. just what are the benefits? >> we are going to l
a refusal to offer anything other than a comprehensive immigration reform bill is to kill immigration and we need to understand that if democrats are for use to vote for anything other than immigration reform, it is essential that they step up and support the house process. on the republican side, it is important that the vast majority of republicans who support this recognize that the disgraceful comments of a vociferous minority need to be ignored and that we need to respect the wishes of...
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immigration reform. still an outstanding issue. it still may get done, but president obama has been largely forced to the sidelines on the issue. many are questioning how the obama administration, particularly the fbi missed warnings about the boston terrorists attack. and questions are mounting about whether there were more than two bombers, whether there was, in fact, an organization behind them. after the attack, and security secretary jack napolitano insisted, there was no indication whatsoever that the attack was what she called a broader plot an investigation has suggest there might have been, and we shall soon find out. then there was a obamacare. the president's recurring nightmare. a top democrat calls it a huge train wreck. he is retiring next year, apparently in part because of the unpopularity of obamacare and his connection to it. in fact according to a new kaiser family foundation poll just 35%, 35 percent of americans favor obamacare. a somewhat favorable view. that is down eight points. down eight points. and get th
immigration reform. still an outstanding issue. it still may get done, but president obama has been largely forced to the sidelines on the issue. many are questioning how the obama administration, particularly the fbi missed warnings about the boston terrorists attack. and questions are mounting about whether there were more than two bombers, whether there was, in fact, an organization behind them. after the attack, and security secretary jack napolitano insisted, there was no indication...
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immigration. the house has not acted on an immigration reform bill. there is talk of a republican version of the dream act. it seems by looking at your website that you do not support going into conference with the senate no matter what. would you keep vote any immigration bill that will lead to any conference? >> we have not announced any yet. in this environment right now it is very difficult to handle immigration the way we should be by saying we need to keep the border secure. we also have a gigantic and balance. all of the questions do not require amnesty. you get all the economic benefits that people talk about without necessarily giving amnesty at this time. that is the position we support. this is dissipated over the last couple of weeks and months. it will be very difficult to get away from the senate bill. >> it will be better for them not to act on immigration and this environment. the american people have a lot of concerns right now. unemployment is out of control. there are some prett
immigration. the house has not acted on an immigration reform bill. there is talk of a republican version of the dream act. it seems by looking at your website that you do not support going into conference with the senate no matter what. would you keep vote any immigration bill that will lead to any conference? >> we have not announced any yet. in this environment right now it is very difficult to handle immigration the way we should be by saying we need to keep the border secure. we also...
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obamacare, immigration reform, amnesty, whatever it is. there's no des agreement. there's no push back on it. and i remember 1992, people would tell me, let him win. and let people see how rotten the democrats are. and i'm hearing the same thing about obamacare. we've never pulled an entitlement back once it's been implemented. once it's there, it's there. and this is a huge one. this changes the relationship, obamacare does between citizen and state, government, health care is the way that they'll have legitimate, claims it's constitutional, control over every aspect of everybody's life because everything you do in your life has health care costs related to t they're going to be able to dictate how you eat, where you eat, what you eat and what kind of health care you get as a result. and that's the control. there's no push back on this. and i'm constituenting here stunned. and the government shutdown argument, too, is 1995, classic point. the republicans won two seats in the senate after the '95 budget shutdown and didn't lose that many seats in the house. in addi
obamacare, immigration reform, amnesty, whatever it is. there's no des agreement. there's no push back on it. and i remember 1992, people would tell me, let him win. and let people see how rotten the democrats are. and i'm hearing the same thing about obamacare. we've never pulled an entitlement back once it's been implemented. once it's there, it's there. and this is a huge one. this changes the relationship, obamacare does between citizen and state, government, health care is the way that...
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reform. [ applause ] >> we should pass immigration reform. it's good for our economy, it's good for our national security, it's good for our people, and we should do it this year. everybody knows that our current immigration system is broken, across the political spectrum, people understand this. we've known it for years. it's not smart to have it some of the brightest minds from around the world to study here and then not let them start businesses here. we send them back to their home countries to start businesses and create jobs and in vent new products someplace else. it's not fair to businesses and middle class families who play by the rules when we allow companies that are trying to undercut the rules work in the shadow economy to hire folks at lower wages or no benefits, no overtime, so that somehow they get a competitive edge for breaking the rules. that doesn't make sense. it doesn't make sense to have 11 million people who are in this country illegally without any incentive or any way for them to come out of the shadows, get right wi
reform. [ applause ] >> we should pass immigration reform. it's good for our economy, it's good for our national security, it's good for our people, and we should do it this year. everybody knows that our current immigration system is broken, across the political spectrum, people understand this. we've known it for years. it's not smart to have it some of the brightest minds from around the world to study here and then not let them start businesses here. we send them back to their home...
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also, putting a price tag on immigration reform. does anybody in government even know what this is going to cost? and, an amazing new book on america, the greatest country. we have the author here tonight. he is also amazing. he's only 11 years old. all coming up next on "the willis report." ♪ all that and more coming up. first, forest gump said life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get. and so it is with president obama's most cherished block, obamacare, promises that turned out to be untrue le you can keep your doctor. your plan will change, or medicare will be. today payments will be cut, and they are steep. the program affected medicare advantage. as the medicare program in which private insurers provide health insurance to seniors and then paid back by the government. those payments now expected to be much lower. the insurance industry says $11 billion lower. the new payments rates are still not final, but the ns sent shares and health care stocks tumbling today. look at this. he managed down 1
also, putting a price tag on immigration reform. does anybody in government even know what this is going to cost? and, an amazing new book on america, the greatest country. we have the author here tonight. he is also amazing. he's only 11 years old. all coming up next on "the willis report." ♪ all that and more coming up. first, forest gump said life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get. and so it is with president obama's most cherished block,...
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a 25 undocumented immigrant asked him to drop the "i" word, immigrant. and asked him to use latino. dropping those seven letters is perhaps too much to ask for mccain. mccain responded "someone who crosses our borders illegally is here illegally. call it whatever you want to, but it's illegal. there is a big difference between someone who does something that does illegal and someone who is undocumented. i'll continue to call it illegal." at least he managed to say self-deportation. i'm joined by a national political reporter from "the washington post" and a reporter from "new york times magazine." thank you, beautiful people, for joining us. >> it is hair and makeup. >> since nya is here with me live on set, let's talk about the likelihood of immigration reform passing. every time i think there is progress being made, you hear john mccain, who has been leading this senate as part of the gang of eight, we can't get use of illegal. >> john mccain, before he was talking about building a dang fence, lindsey graham using terms like anchor baby. the gop has come pretty far. john mccain sa
a 25 undocumented immigrant asked him to drop the "i" word, immigrant. and asked him to use latino. dropping those seven letters is perhaps too much to ask for mccain. mccain responded "someone who crosses our borders illegally is here illegally. call it whatever you want to, but it's illegal. there is a big difference between someone who does something that does illegal and someone who is undocumented. i'll continue to call it illegal." at least he managed to say...
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i'm an immigrant's son. i support immigration, i am fully in favor of immigration. i'm here to tell you today that even if you regularize and legalized across the board, everybody who works, subject to the same standards and everything else, the construction workers you are talking about are still going to exist. we are still going to have a sizable cohort of individuals that will take advantage of people regardless. >> isn't it harder to take advantage if they are legalized than illegal? that is very logical. >> yes, senator. on the margins. i live in this world and do this kind of work. i see it on a regular basis. -- we in a finished the are in a fantasy land if we think by a stroke of the pen because when something on paper, people are not want to take advantage. >> people always take advantage. you admit it will get a better but marginally, some of us think more. >> great questions. let me say, the important aspects go to the heart of the program. we really are creating in many ways -- in some ways, three brand-new programs. you have the blue card program. then
i'm an immigrant's son. i support immigration, i am fully in favor of immigration. i'm here to tell you today that even if you regularize and legalized across the board, everybody who works, subject to the same standards and everything else, the construction workers you are talking about are still going to exist. we are still going to have a sizable cohort of individuals that will take advantage of people regardless. >> isn't it harder to take advantage if they are legalized than illegal?...
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do you your job and then we'll get an immigration bill. and one other thing on the comprehensive, since the gentlelady mentioned that, you know, since i got elected in november of 2004, it's my experience that when somebody in either the house or the nate down here say we want a comprehensive bill on anything, that is code, meaning, you break down the code, we got a lot of really bad stuff that we want to get passed and nobody will ever vote for it if it stands up and people see what it is so we need such a massive bill that we can hide the bad stuff in there we want passed so people won't see it until long after the bill's been passed. that's what comprehensive has come to mean. mrs. bachmann: i thank the gentleman for yielding back. that's absolutely true. because comprehensive is code language for this is really, really bad, what's in this bill. take a look at comprehensive sex education, that's all you need to know. this is really, really bad and it's not going to help anyone. you know we have the gentleman from alabama, mr. brooks, we
do you your job and then we'll get an immigration bill. and one other thing on the comprehensive, since the gentlelady mentioned that, you know, since i got elected in november of 2004, it's my experience that when somebody in either the house or the nate down here say we want a comprehensive bill on anything, that is code, meaning, you break down the code, we got a lot of really bad stuff that we want to get passed and nobody will ever vote for it if it stands up and people see what it is so...
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>> my question is about immigration reform. i saw in the new yorker yesterday that said people in michigan will have a hard time this season picking apple crops because they will not have enough migrant workers. i was wondering if you would support a bill from the senate or something different to get immigration reform passed? >> i would not support the senate bill, but i would support immigration reform. it has to have border security, which includes dealing with over stays the some people overstay their visas, you need to have a better legal immigration system so people can come here and become president legally or come here to find work legally. currently, it is hard to come to the u.s. whether it is as a guest worker or if you want to become a resident. it is difficult. we need to improve that system. that is where we tend to get a lot of push back. a lot of democratic colleagues do not want to improve the legal system. they are interested in approving citizenship, but not the legal immigration system. i think the legal imm
>> my question is about immigration reform. i saw in the new yorker yesterday that said people in michigan will have a hard time this season picking apple crops because they will not have enough migrant workers. i was wondering if you would support a bill from the senate or something different to get immigration reform passed? >> i would not support the senate bill, but i would support immigration reform. it has to have border security, which includes dealing with over stays the...
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families about immigration and deportation is a major hurdle. you may have a parent who doesn't yet have legal status, but is the parent of children who are here legally, born in the united states. so we want to get those children enrolled in obamacare. we need to assure people that the government won't offer them health coverage assistance with the one hand and then deportation or immigration enforcement with the other. >> holman: zingale and his colleagues also are using the high profile of the new health care law as an opportunity to also reach out to members of the state's latino community who don't qualify for it, the undocumented. the endowment is sending out a health promotion message via radio programs in california's central valley, targeting a growing number of indigenous mexican agricultural workers who speak only mixteco and triqui. there are more than a million undocumented and uninsured californians. it's a population that traditionally hasn't been able to access many health services except in emergency rooms and community health c
families about immigration and deportation is a major hurdle. you may have a parent who doesn't yet have legal status, but is the parent of children who are here legally, born in the united states. so we want to get those children enrolled in obamacare. we need to assure people that the government won't offer them health coverage assistance with the one hand and then deportation or immigration enforcement with the other. >> holman: zingale and his colleagues also are using the high...
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pre-k's is immigration reform dead? absolutely mark -- not. >> if they want to chop the thing up into five pieces as long as all five pieceses get de , i do not care what it look like as long as it is e littering on those core values that we talk about. >> president obama was talking to some business leaders at a wall street journal conference. john boehner has been saying he's willing to look at immigration reform but we want to tackle it one step at a time. is the president showing the white flag here? >> he may have beenalking to the room. which was the wall street journal form. a lot of those people in the room very supportive of immigration reform. but you split it up andhat you do is you pass the easy parts which would be order control -- border control. and the bullet that republicans do not want to bite or most do not want to bite would be forgotten. i think that is what the president had to confront and recognize. >> republicans have to do something. john boehner has said we will never take up the senate bill a
pre-k's is immigration reform dead? absolutely mark -- not. >> if they want to chop the thing up into five pieces as long as all five pieceses get de , i do not care what it look like as long as it is e littering on those core values that we talk about. >> president obama was talking to some business leaders at a wall street journal conference. john boehner has been saying he's willing to look at immigration reform but we want to tackle it one step at a time. is the president...
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1986 immigration law. the bill expands the type of serious criminal activities for which we can remove aliens including criminal gang membership, drunk driving, manslaughter, and failure to register as a sex offender. they cannot take advantage of our generous immigration laws. in addition, the bill strengthens federal law to make it more difficult for foreign terrorists and other nationals who pose national security concerns to enter and remain in the united states. it bars aliens who threaten national security from receiving immigration benefits such as naturalization and relief from removal. such provisions are relevant following the boston bombing where naturalized aliens killed and injured americans. under the bill, no immigration benefits can be provided until all required background security checks are completed. another item that the senate bill fails to include. it offers to waive background checks. it improves our first line of defense. the visa issuance. the safe act lives up to his name and pro
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>> well, look, if it comes to immigration reform, there is no reason for us not to do immigration reform. and we've already got strong bipartisan support for immigration reform out of the senate. you've got -- i met with a number of traditionally very conservative clergy who are deeply committed to immigration reform. we've got the business community entirely behind immigration reform. so you've got a bunch of constituencies that are traditionally much more -- have leaned much more heavily towards the republicans who are behind this. so if people are looking for an excuse not to do the right thing on immigration reform, they can always find an excuse -- we've run out of time, or this is hard, or the list goes on and on. but my working assumption is people should want to do the right thing. and when you've got an issue that would strengthen borders, make sure that the legal immigration system works the way it's supposed to, that would go after employers who have been doing the wrong thing when it comes to hiring undocumented workers, and would allow folks who are here illegally to get rig
>> well, look, if it comes to immigration reform, there is no reason for us not to do immigration reform. and we've already got strong bipartisan support for immigration reform out of the senate. you've got -- i met with a number of traditionally very conservative clergy who are deeply committed to immigration reform. we've got the business community entirely behind immigration reform. so you've got a bunch of constituencies that are traditionally much more -- have leaned much more...
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>> i think what's going on right now is critical on immigration reform. it's much bigger than the various controversies that have dogged him at the beginning of this year, that would be a significant part of his legacy if he gets it and the story i try to tell in "the center holds" how did he get 71% of the latino vote? if he'd gotten 65% or 60%, we wouldn't even be having this conversation about immigration because none of the republicans would be taking part. but he delivered a message to them that they will not do well as a political party if they don't get this bill through. how did he do that? he introduced people like the latina oprah, the anglo media doesn't know who she is, she's a former univision star who did ads with michelle obama in the campaign that were very appealing in the latino community. he did this unbelievable outreach what is called the cave which is the secret annex of the chicago headquarters of the obama campaign that i penetrated with the twenty-something analytics geeks figured out all the new ways to appeal not only to latinos
>> i think what's going on right now is critical on immigration reform. it's much bigger than the various controversies that have dogged him at the beginning of this year, that would be a significant part of his legacy if he gets it and the story i try to tell in "the center holds" how did he get 71% of the latino vote? if he'd gotten 65% or 60%, we wouldn't even be having this conversation about immigration because none of the republicans would be taking part. but he delivered...
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good, but net immigration south of the border is close to zero. president obama had the largest number of deportations ever in the country. he has doubled the border patrol agent's on our southern border from the bush administration. bush, it was about 11,000. under obama, it is about 22,000. the senate would double that to 44,000. they will be tripping over each other. if that is what it takes to get the other elements of comprehensive reform, there are those willing to do that. maybe if we spent less time grandstanding about shutdown and default and more time on substantive issues such as this, maybe it would be a little higher than 9% or 10%. host: representative jerry conley -- gerry connolly. thank you for your time. coming up, we will take your calls, take a look at a couple more stories and elements that came out of the decision to open the government. we will take all those plus your calls. first, a news update from c-span radio. >> it is 9:0 3 a.m. eastern time. jobless numbers show americans -- it is 9:03 a.m. eastern time. byless number
good, but net immigration south of the border is close to zero. president obama had the largest number of deportations ever in the country. he has doubled the border patrol agent's on our southern border from the bush administration. bush, it was about 11,000. under obama, it is about 22,000. the senate would double that to 44,000. they will be tripping over each other. if that is what it takes to get the other elements of comprehensive reform, there are those willing to do that. maybe if we...
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i'm an immigrant son. i support immigration. i'm fully in favor of immigration. i'm here to tell you today that if you regularize and legalize across the board veryone who works are going to be subject to the same standards and ly eoc and everywhere else. he construction workers you're talking about are still going to exist. we're going have a sizable that are individuals going to take advantage of people regardless. advantage rd to take if they're legalized. it's logical. >> on the margins. this world. i do this kind of work. i see it on a regular basis. in a think we're living fantasy land if we think by a stroke of the pen, because we paper, all of on a sudden you are not going to take advantage. people take t, advantage. you admit it will get better. marginally, some of us think a lot more than that. >> great question, senator franken. aspectsay the important go to the heart of the program. are hat is we really creating in many ways a -- two three n some ways almost brand new programs here. you have the blue card program nd you have the year-round contract pa
i'm an immigrant son. i support immigration. i'm fully in favor of immigration. i'm here to tell you today that if you regularize and legalize across the board veryone who works are going to be subject to the same standards and ly eoc and everywhere else. he construction workers you're talking about are still going to exist. we're going have a sizable that are individuals going to take advantage of people regardless. advantage rd to take if they're legalized. it's logical. >> on the...
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i think they need to be realistic about immigration reform. the fact of the matter is the house and many members have strong opinions about what a reform effort should look like and without their support there won't be reform. i think many democrats will have to make the decision about immigration. do they want this as a political talking point or are they looking for a result? if they are looking for result they are going to have to show more flexibility on some of the key points like the one you outlined. >> senator, some conservatives called your plan, even though it takes 13 years to go through the steps, still call your plan amnesty. in the early presidential horse race polls you have taken a hit. i want to put up one of them. inçó april you led the republican -- the republican -- led the quinnip i ac poll. has your stance hurt you with conservatives? >> obviously you're citing a poll but that's not why i did it. clearly if someone is looking at everything through the lens of what the future could hold politically, they probably would n
i think they need to be realistic about immigration reform. the fact of the matter is the house and many members have strong opinions about what a reform effort should look like and without their support there won't be reform. i think many democrats will have to make the decision about immigration. do they want this as a political talking point or are they looking for a result? if they are looking for result they are going to have to show more flexibility on some of the key points like the one...
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policies to help the industry, relying on immigrant workers for farm work. >> according to the labor department, the u.s. had 1.4 million crop workers between 2006 and 2009. 26% were migrant workers. >> we have farmers going out of business because they can't get the labour. >> for viewers that say we have upward of 10 million people can't they be the workers. >> that's the easiest method to defunct. you go out and advertise. you may have three americans showing up. >> why is that, men's don't like the hard work? >> go into the water melon fields, can'ta lop - you and i wouldn't last. the heat and the work and the physical labour is unbelievable. our foundation did a study and fund anyone in arizona can earn as much money from the state and federal government being unemployed as they can in the field. >> buffet worries about americans who seem to be disconnected from their food roots. in rural towns. he uses tower hill, 12 minutes from his farm. >> those people have no way to get agz to what we call the basics foods, including fruit and vegetables. can they get to a quick shop. becau
policies to help the industry, relying on immigrant workers for farm work. >> according to the labor department, the u.s. had 1.4 million crop workers between 2006 and 2009. 26% were migrant workers. >> we have farmers going out of business because they can't get the labour. >> for viewers that say we have upward of 10 million people can't they be the workers. >> that's the easiest method to defunct. you go out and advertise. you may have three americans showing up....
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we are very, on this side of the aisle, very, very strongly in favor of moving immigration reform. we are obviously hopeful that the budget conference that has been convened will reach an agreement. we hope it will reach an agreement frankly before thanksgiving so we will not have to again address on a crisis basis funding the government and keeping the government open and ensuring that we do not have another time when we come very close to not approving the mostnt of our bills by the earth. orth nation on let me ask the majority leader as well whether or not he has any information which might lead us to having some confidence that we might have progress on the conference on the farm bill. and i yield to my friend, the majority leader. mr. cantor: i thank the gentleman. and as the gentleman knows, the conference committee has been appointed, is meeting and anticipate productive discussion on the farm bill and the reforms that the house voted on in both parts of the bill -- all parts of the bill and hopefully look forward to resolution on the differences between the senate so we can
we are very, on this side of the aisle, very, very strongly in favor of moving immigration reform. we are obviously hopeful that the budget conference that has been convened will reach an agreement. we hope it will reach an agreement frankly before thanksgiving so we will not have to again address on a crisis basis funding the government and keeping the government open and ensuring that we do not have another time when we come very close to not approving the mostnt of our bills by the earth....
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there is immigration. i was part of a group that helped figure out a way to get that crossed the finish line. as you mentioned, we are moving into an election time. i know it is difficult for me to ago that every two years by, one is an election year. one creates obstacles for us to solve problems. is that as one senator, i get up every day trying to solve these problems. i cannot speak for others resolved. there are good people here that care about this nation. we will deal with the issue of immigration. hope we will deal with tax reform. you are right. we have a very full plate of things that need to be dealt with. we do not have a lot of time before we get back into the political season, which has a tendency to slow these things down. senator bob corker joining us. thank you for spending time with us on c-span. >> that was from today's edition of washington today. moving over to channel 120 as of this friday. a few more moments of your phone calls. -- in the senate, as they were gaveling out, they appro
there is immigration. i was part of a group that helped figure out a way to get that crossed the finish line. as you mentioned, we are moving into an election time. i know it is difficult for me to ago that every two years by, one is an election year. one creates obstacles for us to solve problems. is that as one senator, i get up every day trying to solve these problems. i cannot speak for others resolved. there are good people here that care about this nation. we will deal with the issue of...
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this group essential worker immigration coalition. they are made up offe food industry, meat institute, health care association, associated builders and contractors landscape, nursery and landscape sobering aingsober eyeing, and - -- sobering ing--soberration. >> they are right there is a mismatch. the number of people who really want work that -- >> so, our government and you, is answer is to 20 million people out of work, leave them where they are bring in another 3 million a year. in guest worker programming and more, 4 1/2 million a year, that does not take long to add up, what are we doing here, that is a crazy solution. >> it may be a solution, which you may not have if you don't go along with immigration reform, the problem is we have the mismatch. lou: wait a minute -- that is malarky. i say generally, wages are declining in construction, in leisure and hospitality, they are declining in the landscape industry. economic teaches us without question, that if in a shortage of labor, these wages will rise. if there a surplus they
this group essential worker immigration coalition. they are made up offe food industry, meat institute, health care association, associated builders and contractors landscape, nursery and landscape sobering aingsober eyeing, and - -- sobering ing--soberration. >> they are right there is a mismatch. the number of people who really want work that -- >> so, our government and you, is answer is to 20 million people out of work, leave them where they are bring in another 3 million a...
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immigration. >> you disagree? >> no, no. he made a good point. >>> that sounds like separate but equal no. it will be marriage in everything but the name because we don't want to touch that. >> may concern is that republicans will 97 win the youth vote. i don't think they will ever win another election if they do not support gay marriage in my opinion. >> the issue with gay marriage or marriage equality, the repeal of don't ask don't tell. it is not about winning the youth vote or pandering to a demographic. for people who identify as liberal, it about doing the right thing. >> it can't just be marriage. it is important but it is only one part. just as if not far more important ending discrimination, make smurg there is a equality craw the boempld marriage is just one small part. >> i think the government kneads to take out of religious institutions and marriage being a religious institution, it kneads to stay out. what he was saying about civil unions, that's great. unions, that's great. as far a
immigration. >> you disagree? >> no, no. he made a good point. >>> that sounds like separate but equal no. it will be marriage in everything but the name because we don't want to touch that. >> may concern is that republicans will 97 win the youth vote. i don't think they will ever win another election if they do not support gay marriage in my opinion. >> the issue with gay marriage or marriage equality, the repeal of don't ask don't tell. it is not about...
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i want to talk about immigration reform. a big issue, thank you, and we appreciate your work, a tough political thing on capitol hill, and as a former state lawmaker, we need a comprehensive immigration solution because what we have been seeing at the state capital has not worked. it has only harmed our state economically. we need a solution from washington. i appreciate -- >> i think you are right, and if our entire delegation, republican and democrat, senator flake and i hoped it would help our organization somewhat, don't you agree? go ahead. >> i certainly do. with all due respect, we still need all the help we can get from washington. i call for that support. >> i have accumulated a lot of seniority. i will not live forever, contrary to popular belief. it should not be based on seniority. it should be based on virtue. he should have a level playing field of everybody competing for tax dollars. we should not have it spent on the basis of seniority or clout. otherwise, soon or later we suffer because we are going to have
i want to talk about immigration reform. a big issue, thank you, and we appreciate your work, a tough political thing on capitol hill, and as a former state lawmaker, we need a comprehensive immigration solution because what we have been seeing at the state capital has not worked. it has only harmed our state economically. we need a solution from washington. i appreciate -- >> i think you are right, and if our entire delegation, republican and democrat, senator flake and i hoped it would...
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harry reid said, let's move on to immigration. you know, sort of belying everything he said before that with respect to finds solutions to this. >> and stupid supercommittee, another supercommittee? how many super committee have e had, they could have had a supercommittee 6 months going. they could -- have done all this agreement could have been done since months ago. point here is, house stood firm, did what they should have done, and they got no support from the republicans in the senate. >> play this pout, the way you would have liked to see it gone. we would take the clack down to about after you want, a lot of people. you tell us how it would have come out. >> i would have planned a year ago that day would have happens, i would have gone to the people early on. let them know what debt ceiling means what you can't raid it any move. how many people placed government over the last two weeks. charles: probably avly the pureo bureaucrats that work for the government, and i think the us house did the right thing, i would have passe
harry reid said, let's move on to immigration. you know, sort of belying everything he said before that with respect to finds solutions to this. >> and stupid supercommittee, another supercommittee? how many super committee have e had, they could have had a supercommittee 6 months going. they could -- have done all this agreement could have been done since months ago. point here is, house stood firm, did what they should have done, and they got no support from the republicans in the...
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immigration reform ties in to it. i -- [inaudible] all the mom and pop grocery stores and open that. it provides employment to a lot of people. we need to release that energy by passing immigration reform and having that educate work force for immigrants and native-born latino that can transform america. >> i want to go -- i want to ask you two different questions. they are connected to this. >> i want to tie in whole subject of education in the prospect for young people whether it is young latino or young people of color or, as a colleague at the end of the panel here, getting ready to graduate and wondering whether or not her name is going to matter when she applies for a -- wondering whether or not there's a job out there for her. also the issue we're talking about, pulling back in term of the support for education. there's less money available in term of scholarship dollars, but i have to point out that over the last thirty years, we have made significant gains, oz gains in terms of high school graduation rates an
immigration reform ties in to it. i -- [inaudible] all the mom and pop grocery stores and open that. it provides employment to a lot of people. we need to release that energy by passing immigration reform and having that educate work force for immigrants and native-born latino that can transform america. >> i want to go -- i want to ask you two different questions. they are connected to this. >> i want to tie in whole subject of education in the prospect for young people whether it...
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immigration law. among other things, the order prohibits all public safety agencies from inquiring about an individual's immigration status. they can't even inquire about it. or from contacting i.c.e. if there is no nexus to a direct criminal investigation other than immigration. on october 31 of 2011 -- well, you know, the district of columbia knows better than that. and i can't imagine this. as much money as the taxpayers all over america pump into this city. and -- and the guys say they won't even -- their officers can't even inquire to see if somebody is illegally in the country. that's really a stretch. that's really unacceptable and we ought to cut off funds for cities that refuse to at least conduct minimal cooperation with federal law enforcement. october 31, the justice department filed a suit against south carolina to block their immigration law designed to help the federal government enforce immigration laws. they got plenty of time to sue states and other entities who want to help them enf
immigration law. among other things, the order prohibits all public safety agencies from inquiring about an individual's immigration status. they can't even inquire about it. or from contacting i.c.e. if there is no nexus to a direct criminal investigation other than immigration. on october 31 of 2011 -- well, you know, the district of columbia knows better than that. and i can't imagine this. as much money as the taxpayers all over america pump into this city. and -- and the guys say they...
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ining us now is congressman trey gowdy chairman of the subcommittee on immigration and a member of the house oversight coittee as well. also a federal prosecutor for six years. congressman, great to have you with us. if you will would, this latest delay in obamacare. what is your thought on this creating burden for the individual? >> republicans are criticized because they want to defund obamacare. bu it's okay if the president wants to not enforce the law. we are repeatedly told and in fact iead somewhere over the weekend that this is a conservative supeme court validated. so my guess is we are going to have a very robustdebate this fall. clearly it is not, why don't we just start ove. it passed without a single solita publican vote. let's see if you can find it without a single solitary vote. lou: can you repeal it in reality? >> we are going to need the senate to repeal it. but there are lots of laws. in fact, you and i and another segment may discuss the attorn general doesn't like a law. so he is just not going to enforce it. well, if it's good enough for the attorney geeral or th
ining us now is congressman trey gowdy chairman of the subcommittee on immigration and a member of the house oversight coittee as well. also a federal prosecutor for six years. congressman, great to have you with us. if you will would, this latest delay in obamacare. what is your thought on this creating burden for the individual? >> republicans are criticized because they want to defund obamacare. bu it's okay if the president wants to not enforce the law. we are repeatedly told and in...